Vehicle-tongue.



B. GLAYPOOL.

VEHICLE TONGUE.

APPLICATION IILED DBO. a, 1912.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

gnuonkw .B Claypool l/VHM zoom BERT CLAY'POOL, OF KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"atcntcd Jan. 20, 1914.

Application filed December 5. 1912. Serial No. 735,158.

To all whom it may concern Q- Be it known that I, BERT GLAYPOOL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehide-'longues, of which the following a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle tongues and more particularly to a tongue which is especially adapted for use upon harvesters and other similar agricultural implements. the object of the invention being to provide a tongue having an arched intermediate portion to allow the horses more freedom in turning corners and sharp curves.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tongue of this character which will possess advantages in points of cfiiciency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a vehicle tongue constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating a moditied form of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a vehicle tongue which is formed in two sec tions, namely the inner section 1 and the outer section 2. Arranged between the inner end of the outer section and the outer end of the inner section is an arcuate member 3, said member being constructed of metal, wood or any other suitable material desired. The member 3 is provided at its ends with the spaced ears 4 which are adapted to be arranged upon opposite sides of the end portions of the two sections and rigidly secured thereto by means of the bolts 5.

It will be apparent that by constructing the sections 1 and 2 of wood. and the arcuate member 3 of metal, that should one of the sections become broken or split in any manner it can be quickly anbr l easily replaced by a new one, said opera ion being accomplished by the removal of the bolts 5.

It will be apparent from the above that a great advantage is gained by constructing the tongue of sections whereby should one of the sections become broken it can be quickly and readily replaced.

From the above, it will be apparent that the draft animals which are hitched to the whitllctrees (3 will, when turning a corner or sharp curve be disposed beneath the arcuate member I; instead of being forced against the tongue as is usually the case with the well known form of tongue in use at the present time. It is a well known fact that the more room and freedom a draft animal has, the more pulling power will be gained therefrom and by the use of my improved tongue, it will be apparent that a much heavier load can be drawn than with the straight tongue now in use.

It will be apparent that much time is lost and the legs of many draft animals are injured by the low straight tongues sweeping against them when turning corners or sharp curves.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention wherein the intermediate portion of the tongue is formed arcuate in shape as shown at 7 instead of forming the tongue in two sections and connecting the end of each section with a dctachable section. In this form of tongue, the arcuate portion will be formed during the construction of the tongue, said tongue being made of iron, wood or any other suitable material. It is to be understood that the main principle involved in my invention is to provide a tongue having an arched intermediate portion which will allow more freedom of the draft animals in turning corhers and sharp curves, thus gaining more pulling power from the animal than can be had with the regular straight tongue now in use.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be readily apparent that I have provided a simple and durable vehicle tongue which will take the place of the ordinary tongue now in use upon harvesters and other heavy agricultural implements and which will overcome the disadvantage of the horses crowding against the tongue in turning corners and sharp curves and it will also be apparent that the device can be manufactured at an extremely low cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it Willbe obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice Without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In a device of the character described, the combination of a vehicle tongue comprising an inner and an outer section, an arcuate member arranged between said sections and having spaced e'ars formed at each end thereof, the ears of one end of said arcuate member being disposed upon opposite sides of the outer end 01 the inner section and the ears upon the other end of the arcuate memher being disposed upon opposite sides of the inner end of the outer sections and bolts passing through the ears and the ends of said sections to secure said member to the ends of the sections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. BERT CLAYPOOL. Witnesses R. A. WALENNEY, MARY JOSEPHINE RHODES.

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